A Study of the Word discussion

In this chapter the temple of God is finished and Solomon prays this prayer: "May your eyes be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, My name shall be there; listen to the prayer your servant makes toward this place." (verse 29)

When I read it, it made me wonder... How often do I pray for my church? How often do I ask Him to bless my church and to keep His eyes open toward the place where He decided to be worshiped? How often do I ask Him to guide the preacher and to open the eyes of the hearts of everyone in the church? To reach the ones who don't know Him as a Savior and to strengthen the faith of all of us who are saved in His name?

The answer is I almost never do that... I hope you all do it already, but if you don't, start doing it! That's what I'm going to do from now on! Pray for His church and for His people!

I really need to start doing that more often! When we are in Bible study/prayer group with other church members and one of them prays for our church, I will of course pray with them, but I don't usually think to pray for the church in my daily prayers.

yeah that's my problem too.. :/ and this verse made me realize how importan it is to pray for my church and for the church of Christ all over the world.

Lately I've realized that I sometimes end up praying more for myself than others. Isn't that awful?

it's not that God doesnt want us to pray for ourselves too but I know what you mean... I do that too :/

It's not bad to be praying for yourself, for sometimes you need God to do more work with and for you. I catch myself (in cycles it seems) praying for myself alot and then for periods of time I pray for others more than myself.

I guess it depends. Whether or not you're truly being selfish and saying things like "I want I want I want"

True, but I never ask for things I want. I ask for him to make me a better person for his usage not for my sake but his.

Yeah thats not a bad thing. But sometimes when I only pray for myself, even though I pray without being egoistical, I forget to pray for other people. So I try to pray for them firstly and then for my own needs.

That is actually a good way of doing it Alkmini. One I think I will adapt myself.